Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-30
kENruukY BELLS.

Conrad. hc took the oxen. but he left "Kentucty
Bclle."
How much 10 though, OF "kaiutuck" couldn't
begin 10 tell.
Came from the blue gras. country. my father
when rode North with Conrad. away from the
Tennessee.
Conrad lived in Ohio = 6erman he is. you know.
The house stood in broad corn fields. stretching
The old folks made me welcome. they were h'nd
~ kind could be,
Hut kept longing. longing for tho hills OF Ton
nessee.
Oh for sight Of water. the shadowed slope OF
Clouds that hang on the summit. wind that
never is stu;
but the level land went stretching away to meet
Never n i,ss from north to south to NEE, the
weary eye.
from east to west no river 10 shine ont under |
the moon.
Nothing to make shadow in the yellow after. |
Only the brea,hiees sunshine. as looked out all
Only the "rustIe, rustic" as walked among
when tell sick with p,n,ne ve didn't wait any
more
Bu, moved away from the corn lands ou, to this
river shore.
The TuscaHwas its called sir of there's Ahiil.
you STE.
And now I've grown to like 1t next bes, to the
l wAs At work that morning some one csmo
riding along ike mad
over the bridge aud up the road. Farmer Rours
little lad.
Bareback he rode. he had no hat, he hardly
stopped to say.
| "Aorxan's men coming frau they're gal
Looping on this way.
viII.
"rm sent to warn the neis hbors. he isn't Il mile
/ behind.
/ "He sweeps up all the horses every horse that
he can nud
Morgan. Nor gan, the raider. aud Morgsn's ter.
rtble men,
"with bowie knives aud pistol, are gallop,ng
up the glen"
The lad rode down the valley. and l stood still
| at the door.
The baby laughed and pra,,led. and played
with spoons on the por.
| "kantuck" WAS out In the pasture Conrad,
ny man, was gone.
Nearer. pesrer. Aorsan's men were gallo ping,
galloping on.
Suddenly. l picked mp baby and ran to the pas-
Kentuck' called Kentucky She knew me ever
! so far.
led her down the suey. tha, turns OF there
| TO the right,
And tied her to the bushes. her head was just
| cut OF sight.
As ran back to the log house. q, once there
came a sound,
The ring OF hoois. gailopins hoofs, trembling
over the ground,
Coming into the turnpike, out from the " hite
Woman glen
Morgan. Morgan. the raider. and Aorgans terri
| BILE men.
As near they drew and nearer. my heart beat
fast in alarm,
, But stil stood in the door way with baby on
my arm.
They came. they passed with whip and spur in
haste they sped along.
! | Morgan, Morgan. the raider. and his band six
II hundred strong.
XIII.
! Weary they looked and jsded. riding through
night and through day.
, Pushing ON east 70 the river. many long miles
away,
To the border strip where Virginia runs up
into the west
And ford,ng the Upper Ohio before they could
stop TO rest.
On like the wind they hurried, and Morgan rode
In advance;
Bright were his eyes like live Goals as he gave
me sideways glance
And was just breathing freely, after my chok
ing pain.
when the last one OF the troopers suddenly
drew his rein.
Frightened was TO Deaths scarce dared iooi
In his face
As he asked for drink OF water. and glanced
around the place;
| gave hun q cup and he smiled, twas only q
boy, you see.
Faint and worn. with dim b us eyes. aud he {
, sailed on To Tennessee.
>
Only sixteen he was. sir fond mothers onl!
, on and away with Morgan before his life had be
gun;
The damp drops stood on his temples. draw
WAS the boyish mouth
| And thought ms OF the mother waiting, dow
In the South.
I Oh. pluck was he to the backbone. and clear gri
through and through;
] Boasted aud Dragged like trooper. but the bi
words wouldn't 90.
The boy wss dying. sir. dying; as plain as plail
? Worn out by hi. ride with Morgan up from tn
q Teanesses.
But when tod the laddie that l. too. was iron
the South.
? Water came in his dim eyes and quivers arou n,
J his mouth.
, "Do you know the Blue G rass country he v ist
full began to say
I Then swayed ikea willow ssping and faintet
|. dead away.
|. | ! had him tO the log house. and worked an,
brought him to.
! fed him ana cOsxed him, a thought his moth
, er'd do;
And when the lad got better and the noise II
his head was gone,
Aorgan's men were miles away. gslloping. gal
Looping ON.
"Oh. l must Co." he muttsred, I. l must be VI
ana away.
3 | "Aorgsn. Morgan Is waiting for me Oh. wha
. will Morgan say
n ] But heard q sound OF trampinG and kept hin
back from the door,
The ringing sound Of horses hoofs that hat
heard before.
Cavalry,
} And fast they roda. and black they looked gal.
Looping rapidly
They had followed hard on Morgan's track, they
had followed day ana night,
But OF Morgan ana Aorgsn's raiders. they hst
never caught sight.
XII.
mer days.
For strange. wild men we're gsiloping her broad
highways;